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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Wilmington, OH

October 30, 1996Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1996, 12:19 AM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 1996, 12:19 AM EST (05:19 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 1996, 12:45 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 30, 12:20 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Richmond, IN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 10:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPaulding55 min
Oct 29, 11:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert72 min
Oct 29, 11:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer58 min
Oct 29, 11:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke61 min
Oct 30, 12:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Shelby58 min
Oct 30, 12:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami60 min
Oct 30, 12:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan60 min
Oct 30, 1:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion57 min
Oct 30, 1:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.